Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE EDWARD NAFZIGER, OF HIATTVILLE, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,181, dated December29, 1874; application filed October 28, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD NAEZIGEE, of Hiattville, Bourbon county, inthe State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinWashing-lVIachines; and I hereby declare the following to be a full andexact description of the same, reference being had to the drawings thataccompany and form a part of this specification- Figure l being aperspective view, and Fig. 2 a cross-section on line on Fig. l..

My invention consists in a cheap and exceedingly simple machine, whichwashes by pressure only, without rubbing, and with the least possiblewear, all articles, from the heaviest to those of the most delicatefabric.

A watertight box, A, for containing the articles to be washed, which maybe of any desired form or dimensions, is supported upon suitable legs,and provided with a faucet, B, to draw oft' the water. Within this boxare the jointed corrugated compressors orV washboards C D, the latter ofwhich is hinged to the back side of the box, and is perforated to admitthe free passage of the water through it. These wash-boards may be facedwith zinc, india-rubber, or other suitable material, it' foundexpedient. To either end ofthe washboard O are secured the bent levers EE, which are connected by means of the rod or handle F, by which themachine is operated. The bottom ofthe box is elevated toward the backside, at an angle at G, in order that it may be reached by the loweredge of the wash-board C, as it sweeps backward and forward. Uponopening the box and turning the handle F over upon the lid, thewash-board G is elevated above the box, and thrown back out of the way,for the introduction of the clothes. When not in use the Vhandle F maybe brought forward, and the lid shut down between the levers E E.

When the clothes are placed in the box the operation of washing isperformed by imparting a reciprocating motion to the handle F, by which,at each stroke, the clothes which are contained between the wash-boardsC D are tightly pressed, and raised entirely out of the water, and areagain plunged into it, the water being squeezed out through theperforations in the wasl -board D. By this duplex movement or doublehinging of the washboards, the board C will at all times work closely tothe bottom of the box, for gathering up all the clothes, while at thesame time it will rise freely to avoid doing injury to any which may becaught under it.

This machine is so constructed as to admit of a wrin ger bein gpermanently attached without interfering with its operation.

By the combined action of the wash-boards C D with the bottom and backside of the box the clothes are pressed upon from all sides at the sametime, while, by reason ot' the great leverage upon the handle F, apowerful action is` produced upon the clothes by a slight pressure fromthe hand, only a slow motion being required, thus rendering theoperation ot washing both easy and rapid.

Having thus described my invention, I de sire to state that I do notclaim as new a combination of wash-boards for compressing the clot-hes;neither do I claim as new corrugated or perforated wash-boards, as suchdevices are well known.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

rlhe wash-boards C D, hinged to each other and to the box A, andoperated by the levers E E, substantially in the manner shown.

- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD NAFZIGER. Attest:

W. C. STEWART, 'ALBERT NAEZIGEE.

